Frank Wichert is pursuing vocational ministry in the Mennonite Brethren family and is one of many LeadGen scholarship recipients who are serving through internships supported by the Leadership Generation Fund at MB Foundation. Frank was the first LeadGen scholarship recipient to serve at Greenhouse Community Church in Saratoga Springs, Utah. Since his internships in 2022 [...]
Keith and Janet Gardner, along with other family members, own and operate Kings River Packing (KRP), a successful citrus production company in Sanger, California. Having both grown up in Sanger, the Gardners are very familiar with the community and livelihood of those in the citrus farming industry. Their company's mission is to honor God by [...]
SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH (SMCC) is a multi-site Mennonite Brethren church with five locations throughout Utah: Draper, South Jordan, Lehi, St. George, and a Spanish-speaking International Campus. Since their first church service 25 years ago, SMCC has grown from a small church plant in 1998 to 4,000 attendees across 5 campuses with 11 services hosted [...]
CROSS TIMBERS CHURCH is a Mennonite Brethren Church located in Edmond, OK with a mission to “Love Jesus, Love Each Other, and Love the Broken.” The average age of attendees is 37, with more younger families beginning to attend. In the first few months of 2023, they had 16 new members join. The congregation has [...]
For Dale and Eleanor Boese of West Salem, Oregon, generosity encompasses three spheres: time, talent and resources. Since their marriage in 1959, they’ve been motivated by their Christian faith to live in a way that displays that attitude of generosity. Most recently Dale and Eleanor sought to meet a need that combined all of these [...]
Cameron Goertzen is a 16-year-old high school student in Hays, KS who used a school project to meet a need in his community. Part of Cameron’s junior year involved an elective leadership class. For his final project, he was tasked with creating a fundraiser that would aid his community. As he thought about what he […]
Vernon & Darleen Ortman are making a lasting impact for the charities they love, even after they are gone. Their heart for serving and giving is evident. They found opportunities to volunteer for organizations offering help to refugees and the homeless and they felt called to be generous with the financial resources God had entrusted […]
LAKEVIEW CHURCH purchased the worship facility on its second campus in 2022. An unexpected blessing for Phil and Melissa Wiebe who moved to Utah in 2018 to begin a church plant. Phil and Melissa Wiebe Their first outreach was a local BBQ with 25 attendees. By Easter of the following year Lakeview launched its first [...]
Miriam Sommers desires to live life based on God’s Word and God’s math, two values from her youth that she still holds on to in her active life after 80. In Miriam’s early years in California, her parents Peter J and Martha Funk, modeled a positive and welcoming attitude toward life. Her father’s involvement in [...]
After more than four decades of farming, Bob and Lynette Ewert are seeing God use what they have sown become an investment in the lives of the next generation. They gave their lives to planting crops and growing their farm in Minnesota, but now believe it’s time to consider how to make that work into […]
Garry Prieb first traveled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with his missionary parents, Arnold and Rose Prieb, as a one-year-old. His firsthand experience and his parents’ 30-year legacy of ministry led Garry to become the advisor for an endowment named in his parents’ honor. The Arnold and Rose Prieb Endowment was established […]
When provided the opportunity to give more, Deanne Alexander will take it. Not because she has so much, but because of her willingness to give from what she has. Deanne, an elementary teacher for 36 years, finds joy in using her spiritual gift of serving others. She volunteers through her local church but also serves [...]
During a FIRST PERSON interview aired on April 17, 2021, Jon C. Wiebe shares his experience of ministering to and fellowshipping with Ukrainian believers during his two ministry trips in 2019. While in Ukraine he explored both his family roots as well as the heritage of the Mennonite Brethren which originated in that country. The [...]
There is a long story of God working through the Mennonite Brethren in Denver, Colorado but the recent short story from 2019 and 2020 tells of how, through 6 ministries and available investment funds, He is beginning a new and expanding chapter. Lighthouse Church had its beginning as a home group in 2015. They grew [...]
Curt and Myra Stutzman called Denver, Colorado their home for the first 45 years of their married life. It was where they met, raised their family, and developed the values they want to carry on. In 2004, while attending Belleview Acres MB Church in Littleton, they first met with a representative from MB Foundation regarding […]
When God speaks, people listen. When people obey, God moves. When God moves, lives are changed. Lud Hohm, a farmer in Huron, South Dakota, had a distinct God moment in his life, and that moment made an imprint on his heart, inspired him to act, and helped push forward the James Valley Christian School(JVCS) building […]
The life of Franz Wiens is an example of what happens when an individual fully understands that God owns all. His commitment to God and family is a legacy that is reaching far beyond his lifetime and will continue in perpetuity because of decisions he made more than 150 years ago. It is even more […]
The Steinert family feel called to be good stewards of what has been entrusted to their care. Wanting to give effectively and manage their finances they chose to place the Steinert Family Foundation under MB Foundation’s management. MB Foundation’s commitment to Mennonite Brethren churches and dedication to stewardship education fits with the purpose of the family’s foundation.
Bethlehem Church is a Mennonite Brethren church located in Los Angeles, CA. Bethlehem was started in 1985 by Pastor John Suh as a ministry to immigrants from Korea. Pastor Suh moved to the US from Korea in 1979 as a church-goer but not until he attended a revival meeting did he make a personal commitment […]
Roland and Lois Reimer desired to leave a gift for MB ministries at their death. A Charitable Gift Annuity with MB Foundation was the best way to make that possible. At their death, they will leave a gift that provides funding for ministries that have been important to them in their life.
David and Alyce Loewen wanted their giving to go beyond their living. MB Foundation helped them establish an endowment that allows their legacy to continue, providing for the ministries they cared about. The Loewens’ love for ministsry is still felt even though they are not physically present.
Giving regularly to their church is important to the Pauls but for special gifts they have gifted appreciated stocks through MB Foundation. This allows them to meet the needs of the church while stewarding their finances well.
With 5 young children, Nathan and Lynette Hiebert were wanting a way to ensure they would be provided for and protected should something happen to them. Working through the will planning process with our planned giving advisor has given them peace of mind and a plan that shares their values and desire for the Kingdom.
JD Tippin has been a regular giver even as a young boy but the way he gives has changed. With the help of MB Foundation he now literally gives his firstfruits as he unloads the first load of grain at harvest which goes into an donor advised fund to support his chosen ministries. He has experienced how God blesses others through what he sows and reaps.
Ron and Cora Regier needed to find a way to provide for themselves, share with their family and give to the ministries they cared about even after retirement. Setting up a Charitable Remainder Trust with the help of one of our planned giving advisors gave them a way to do all three. Their desires were blessed on the day of their farm auction. Today they see how planning and stewardship work together.
The Esaus were blessed with more than they needed. They wanted to be good stewards while living, but also wanted their wealth to serve a purpose after they were gone. Through various giving tools MB Foundation has helped them be good stewards, giving back to God.
Stewardship is important to the Fasts along with their desire is to give back to the God who has given them so much. They chose to utilize MB Foundation’s will planning service and set up an endowment fund with the Foundation that will be funded at their death. By creating an endowment, the Fasts’ money will grow over time. Their earthly blessings will not only compound, but they will continue to bless ministries and help further God’s kingdom long after they go to the Lord.
The Esaus were blessed with more than they needed. They wanted to be good stewards while living, but also wanted their wealth to serve a purpose after they were gone. Through various giving tools MB Foundation has helped them be good stewards, giving back to God.